Match of the Millennium

Description: There's two killers on the loose! Lilith and Lackey have teamed up to terrorise poor defenceless Potemkin. Peer pressure, over sensitivity, or boredom? Whatever their motive, the deadly duo are out for blood.

[POTEMKIN]
A few days ago:

"Mr. President, sir. If you believe this is absolutely necessary then I will do this.."

"Potemkin, what I believe is that you must continue to pursue your own self and search for the source of that which troubles you.."

"..I am uncertain that this mission will accomplish that.."

"I will not order you to participate. However I will say that as part of our legitimacy in the larger world, one should consider that our presence should exist beyond meetings in military bases, bunkers and palace meeting rooms. I leave the decision to you.."

That was then..this is now. Southtown. The Mall. The Midnight Channel. Of these things this Midnight Channel is the one Potemkin is the least familiar with. He's participated in these Saturday Night Fights before. Even tournaments. He's no stranger to the fighting world but something is different about this. Something off. So why did he come? "To show I can be relied on? That I'm no mere glorified paper and pencil pusher? Or something more.." he muses as he ponders the words of President Gabriel as he had been doing so the entire trip from Zepp in Eastern Europe to Southtown in Japan. Upon finally arriving, the gargantua dismisses the Zepp VTOL that delivered him and then enters the mall with thundering steps that announce his arrival well before he actually enters the designated area of the shopping center. "Code 4595605381 - Potemkin has arrived." he declares for both personal logs and the benefits of whoever is present. "Mission Parameters: Scream.." Behind the faceplate of his helm, the human battleship wrinkles his nose and adds. "I don't get it."

He's never seen Scream.

[LACKEY]
Midnight is way too late for Lackey to be up. Myriad must have arranged this because there's no way the sloth demon would have scheduled this on her own. She's snuck off and passed out on a couch in a furniture store. Her partner might have to enter her dreams to wake her up, because good luck getting her attention once asleep.

[LILITH]
Saturday Night Fights...? That was sorta familiar, mainly from sis talking about it--but Midnight Channel? This was all too confusing for Lilith, who had only just reincarnated, so to speak, and had lost pretty much all her old memories. She was basically a new person, new personality and all. She didn't really know what her old self was like, except that Morrigan had said she was really angry all the time, and unhappy. Well that wasn't too great, was it? She was to show up in this show and do a 'pretend fight' but not really for pretend--a real fight, but for show--and this was important! Apparently! Well, the money was what was important, also just showing up.

Besides, what teenager wouldn't want to dress up like crazy knife-wielding slasher killers and terrorize people? They weren't going to like, really hurt people, right?

...Right?

Suddenly, around the mall, the lights start going out--one after the other, before slowly coming back on. As the patch of darkness finally falls on Potemkin, there is a rush of air, from somewhere--and all of a sudden Lilith is perched high atop one of the banisters of the mall's stairs, leading to the second floor. She's dressed in a black shroud-like cape, along with a 'The Strangers'-esque white crinkly mask, only covering the upper half of her face, revealing her girlish lips in a fiercely fangy but cute grin!

She is menacing Potemkin with what looks like a big knife... Or is it just made of plastic?

[POTEMKIN]
When the lights begin going out, Potemkin pauses near the edge of a large fountain and turns this way and that to begin look over the area in search of anything that might clue him into the strangeness that seems to be ramping up. His hackles aren't exactly being raised, so to speak, but this bizarre scenario just continues to pile on the confusion until he's finally fully enveloped in darkness save for the glowing light of his faceplates vision goggles. He reaches up to tap on the side of his head, trying to get them to properly activate only to freeze as the air rushes in and the figure of Lilith makes her presence known, albiet in her special form of cosplay complete with cute grin and...large knife. There is indeed something mildly unnerving about all of this now and Potemkin grumbles in both confusion and annoyance before beginning to walk forward again.

His thundering footfalls send seismic disturbances rippling into Lackey's store as he moves past where she naps away though even his movements are unlikely to waken her just yet.

"Hmm..I think I am starting to understand..." he rumbles, clearly failing to get into his role of being a 'Scream Queen' for this scenario. "But I am afraid I have never been much a fan of horror, perhaps due to my own personal horrors I have witnessed. I am uncertain I am the best target for this threatening gesture....though I do appreciate artistic costuming.."

He clenches a massive fist, letting his battle gauntlets hiss and vent out a burst of heated steam as they lock into place. "I apologize in advance, as you seem rather fragile from where I stand but I suppose you would not be here if you could not fight..."

[LACKEY]
The lights going out, just make it easier for Lackey to sleep not that she has any trouble in doing so. She does feel the vibrations though. "Mmmm...yes turn that up a bit." She mutters incoherently from the couch unaware that a fight is about to break out here. She is wearing a black robe but she couldn't find a mask that fit over her horns.

[LILITH]
Lilith of course was just wearing her regular 'succubus' outfit beneath the slasher villain drag--the red leotard, the blue bat-tights and red heeled boots--the black ghostface-esque cloak helped hide her wings, to an extent, they were there for the keen observer.

"What's your favorite scary movie--Frankenstein? Bwahhaha~" menacing and heckling were apparently in the job description here, as Lilith moves to jump down from the bannister and land on the counter of a cellphone kiosk nearby Potemkin on the ground floor of the mall, her stiletto heeled boots cracking the glass as she landed--whoops.

"Heyy, c'mon darnit, you're supposed to be doing this too!" Lilith picks up a cellphone sale sign and tosses it vaguely in Lackey's direction, trying to wake her up--before sighing in exasperation--already having a bit of a hissy fit, it seems!

"Well, screw it--lets go!" Lilith advances on Potemkin, hopping down off the sales counter.

COMBATSYS: Lilith has started a fight here on the right meter side.

                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lilith

[POTEMKIN]
It's perhaps comical in how quickly Potemkin reacts as no sooner as Lilith said 'Let's go!!' is she seeing a gigantic fist the size of her body hurtling in at her, palm opening up to try and smash into her and, if successful, bear her down away from him and into the ground with the weight of the behemoths arm, not unlike having a car roll ontop of you, pressing down against the small girl. It's..probably looking more brutal then it actually is in practice but Potemkin is feeling particularly aggressive in the aftermath of his interaction with Raven some time ago and he's trusting that Lilith knows what she's getting into. Honeslty: He's the one not really knowing what he's getting into it.

"My apologies." he offers though. "..and no it's not Frankenstein. Ha. Ha. Ha."

COMBATSYS: Potemkin has joined the fight here.

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Potemkin         0/-------/-------|-------\-------\0           Lilith

COMBATSYS: Lilith blocks Potemkin's Hammer Smash.

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Potemkin         0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0           Lilith

[LILITH]
Well, some people like to cut right to the good parts in life--in this case, it's the giant metallic fist that sails right towards Lilith--forcing her to bring her wings up to form a blocking shield in front of her. Of course, she is pushed back into the cellphone kiosk--her winged, teenaged body completely shattering the glass case with a spectacular spray of glass and different objects flying. The sound of it is at least enough to perhaps get Lackey somewhat more awake now, as it's hard to believe someone could potentially sleep though that. Somewhere, the giant plastic knife is lost--and Lilith pulls herself up via her large red wings--which form into large cartoony hands! Succubi can do this, as one might have observed in the past. Or at least the Aenslands could.

Lilith comes flying out from the glass mess with her wing arms coupled together, trying to bring them down on Potemkin!

COMBATSYS: Lackey has joined the fight here on the right meter side.

[ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////////  ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-------|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////////////////]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lackey

[LACKEY]
The shattering noise indeeds wakes up Lackey but she's not happy about being disturbed from her rest. She lets out a rather loud yawn, loud enough to break the sound barrier and glass directed at Potemkin. "Oh great, mall security..." She isn't fully awake enough to realize that its actually her opponent for the fight, but she knows that she's in trouble regardless as she she rubs her eyes and sits up.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Lilith's Quick Smash.

[  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////////  ]
Potemkin         0/-------/------=|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |-------\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Lackey successfully hits Potemkin with Sonic Yawn.

[   \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ////////////////////////////  ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////////////////////// ]
                                  |=------\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
"Hrm?" Well she just took that didn't she. The wings and other supernatural elements of Lilith do not go unnoticed. In -fact-..perhaps he's seen something similar in a report or two.. Zepp is not unaware of happenings in the world after all. He can't place it at the moment but there is clearly more to her then meets the eye.

"Not bad.." he rumbles, voice still stoic despite his indication of being impressed. His rumbling reverb comes to a halt as Lilith rears back up into a counter attack and Potemkin's vast body bunches and turtles up, muscles booming out against his uniform and massive arms crossing making it look like Lilith is assaulting the front end of a double decker bus for a moment. He holds his ground, immovable, as he pushes back against her attack and then bringing his arms back open again, moves once more for her, hands spreading out and arms lifting as he prepares for a signature grab.

Lackey interrupts just in time, lazy though it may be..and her attack catches the giant completely by surprise and blasts into him, setting him off balance briefly and teetering his gigantic body to the side before he is able to turna nd fully face her.

"I had forgotten this is two on one.." he notes, considering whether or not Gabriel is right and there is indeed something for him here. He pushes that aside and quickly reacts, dropping to a knee and raising a steel girder dwarfing arm with fist pointing towards Lackey. His body braces and his limiters relax to allow a portion of his incredible strength to surge unrestrained into his hands. A single finger flicks up as he braces his arm, producing a thunderous *BOOOM* as the very air pressure warps and vents and shoots outward in a crushing blast for Lackey.

[LILITH]
Lilith does not seem perturbed by having her assault mostly blocked like that--even if it was by what looked like a massive wall of metal!

"Gosh--ow, that armor is really... hard!" Lilith reels back a bit with her wing arms held out and crinkled up in front of her, looking as if she's in a fair bit of pain after that, but quickly wrings them out to shake it off.

"Holy crap--this guy is powerful--" Lilith uses her wings to shield herself again, the wind from Potemkin's attack buffeting against her and throwing up debris.

"Don't worry there, I'll get 'em--" Lilith shouts, trying to rush in and grab Potemkin with said wing arms--which almost reflexively turn into giant scythe blades. Ruh roh.

COMBATSYS: Lackey blocks Potemkin's F.D.B..

[    \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////   ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-----==|=------\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////////////////////   ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

[LACKEY]
"Hey, don't get yourself killed there kid." Lilith's actually older than Lackey but it sure doesn't look that way. She uses a hand to block the air pressure, sure it hurts a bit but not as much as she expected. "Those look sharp, still it's going to be hard to hold someone that large in place. Let me give you a hand or two." There's a loud scrapping sound against the floorboards of the store, like someone's digging from underneath of them. Suddenly a pair of skeletal arms burst out of them and attempt to grab ahold of Potemkin's feet.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin endures Lilith's Innocent Hug.

[     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////   ]
Potemkin         0/-------/----===|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  //////////////////////////    ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Potemkin interrupts Buried Alive from Lackey with Trishula.

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Potemkin         0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////////////////       ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
"It's not armor." corrects Potemkin. "The suit is not protection for me it's protection -from- me. My body is actually simply that durable but I am flesh and blood. The material of my suit incorporates specially crafted material infused with chi and threaded into reactor...oh nevermind."

Potemkin's deep voice rumbles with mild annoyance in its rumbling reverb. He's been mistaken for a machine or an armored warrior before. There -are- those gigantic war gauntlets after all and then there's confusing him with that chap from Sector Seven. The nerve.

Either way, he grimaces and brings his gigantic arms back, thrusting his chest out and bulking his physique up towards even more gigantic proportions to allow the scythe to come chunking right into his massive figure and, though it fails to move him, it does cause the behemoth to grunt with some consternation as his body soaks the force of the assault.

When the skeletal hands surge up, he turns his attention there and away from Lilith and instead plunges a massive arm straight down into the ground. THe entire area shakes from the impact but the true threat comes from an erupting column of multi-colored chi that bursts up around him and blasts upwards towards the very ceiling of the mall. The shockwave from it rolling out into the arms, the ground and possibly back towards Lackey as well.

[LILITH]
"Woah--she's got deadites!" Lilith is a bit surprised at the skeletal hands coming out--she's a succubus and all, and does technically live on spiritual energy--but she also has never seen real honest to god necromancy or sorcery like that--yet. Now she has. And it's really cool!

Having launched herself up into the air, she avoids the shockwaves--mostly--and comes back down, both of her wings forming into hands again from wings--and coming down on Potemkin in a diving hammerblow~!

[LACKEY]
"Just the one, poor bastard fell in a sinkhole. Ack!" Lackey isn't nearly as agile as Lilith and gets knocked over by the shockwave. It takes a moment for her to pull herself back up onto her feet. As she does so she sweeps at him with her thorned tail, trying to keep some distance between the two of them.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Lilith's Hammerblow.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////   ]
Potemkin         0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////////////////       ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Lackey's Medium Kick.

[        \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////   ]
Potemkin         0/-------/--=====|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////////////////       ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
*Tink* *Tink*

Potemkin's gauntled hands sweep up, palms facing the two girls to weather their blows with his gigantic arms bulging behind them and his massive frame holding its ground. He frowns, behind his helm, lips pursing in thought though his expression cannot be seen by the other two given the nature of his helm and faceplate. His body language does give off the sense of some mild confusion though as he rumbles, "Are you two holding back or here to play a game? I had thought this was supposed to be some sort of horror theme but..this isn't particularly scary?"

His massive hand lunges out to try and grab hold of Lackey's tail before it withdraws as he moves with surprising sudden speed for his bulk. He pulls back, trying to use it to swing demoness around to try and hurtle her at Lilith, not concerned to much about the thorns.

"I must confess, I do not scare easily, but...uh.."

COMBATSYS: Potemkin knocks away Lackey with Dismissive Toss.

[       \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////////   ]
Potemkin         0/-------/-======|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  /////////////////             ]
                                  |=======\==-----\1           Lackey

[LILITH]
"Waaaah!" Lilith has to duck very quickly after she finally alights on the ground and tries to smack her fists into Potem's gauntlets again--hissing through her teeth at the pain from them clanging against them mostly uselessly, before changing her tactics.

"You wanna throw people mister--lets try it on YOU--" Lilith's wing arms lash out again--attempting to lift Potemkin--or at least some part of him--and swing him around--likely demolishing a whole other mall kiosk in the process. What will it be this time? Jewelry? Newstand?

[LACKEY]
"Ow, ow, ow...not the tail!" Lackey cringes as she's thrown by the tail and sent flying over Lilith. She doesn't have wings to steer though and slams into the wall. Her purple eyes close as she falls back asleep. Is she out of it? Then a moment later she seemingly effortlessly rises to her feet covered by a purple aura with her arms outstretched. She slowly stumbles towards Potemkin attempting to grapple the man. If successful she digs her claws and tail into his flesh.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin endures Lilith's Childish Drop.

[          \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Potemkin         1/-------/=======|===----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Potemkin endures Lackey's Sleeping Demon.

[            \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Potemkin         1/------=/=======|===----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
"It's ill-advised to attempt to--whooouullp!!"

Potemkins' monster sized body goes tumbling, smashing through a mall kiosk full of perfumes and lotions and skidding backwards with a spray of rubble and sparks as he digs his hands into the ground to arrest his movements.

When he's fully upright, Lackey is suddenly on him and he grimaces as her claws and tail successfully dig through the more vulnerable areas of his uniform to find purchase against his hardened flesh beneath.

The fight growing more serious for him now, the giant crouches with Lackey still gripping hold of him..and then suddenly dashes forward, potentially dragging the demoness with him as his body slides across the ground and his tremendous arms pull back while closing in on Lilith.

An instant later and his arms are coming together, fists swinging around to try and slam together with her either between them - or just before that to let his ody simply plow right into her like an incoming truck.

COMBATSYS: Lilith full-parries Potemkin's Hammer Fall!!

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Potemkin         1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

[LILITH]
It looks like an ant trying to swing around a badger--but somehow the tiny succubus girl is able to achieve it--at least technically. Potemkin kind of doesn't fight it--and instead lets himself be 'thrown', destroying another huge section of the mall. The mask and cloak are nearly ripped off her in the process, the black cloth fluttering in the wind as she suddenly leaps into the air again--both of her wings extending into arms again and grabbing Potemkin's gauntlets as the close in to 'clap' her, in more ways than one!

"Ahah!" Lilith shouts in triumph, using Potemkin's own gauntlets to pull her free of the manuever and spring upwards, turning to the side as one of those wings reforms into a large bladed edge--rising up and glowing with psi energy as she *RIPS* it toward Potemkin!

[LACKEY]
Lackey's still asleep as her body slowly starts from her injuries. Having used up her energy on the last attack she's still has her arms around him but is otherwise harmless at the moment. Suddenly, the pair of skeletal arms burst from the floor once again and pry her free. That's not all they do though as they used the woman as a makeshift projectile tosses her headfirst so her horns are aimed at Potemkin.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin blocks Lilith's Shining Blade EX.

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Potemkin         1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Lackey successfully hits Potemkin with Sleepy Head.

[             \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////////    ]
Potemkin         1/------=/=======|======-\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |====---\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
This won't do. Indivdiually their attacks are being dealt with by the giant but together they are wearing him down.

His surprise at how well Lilith dealt with his attack is fleeting as her return strike hurtles for him with a burst of blazing energy and the arcing slash of those wings. Again he stands his ground, bringing his gauntlets and meaty biceps up to absorb the force of the attack with bits of the technology of his weaponry being sheared off and the his uniform ripping away to reveal the brown hued flesh beneath.

He turns in time to see Lackey hurtling forwards at him and this time he straightens, bulking his physique out to let her deliberate slam home into him. Her horns fail to penetrate this time and a flex sends a shockwave out that pushes her away and rebounds her back off of him.

"I see that you are taking this seriously after all! So I will increase my dedication as well! For Zepp!"

His voice raises for the first time during all of this, a bit of passion now energizing him as he snatches a massive hand up towards Lilith's legs attempting to grab her and bring her down and towards the ground in a violent slam followed by a swatting back hand.

COMBATSYS: Lilith blocks Potemkin's Grasp And Pound.

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  ///////////////////////       ]
Potemkin         1/=======/=======|=======\-------\1           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |====---\-------\0           Lackey

[LILITH]
"Eeesh--sorry about that!" Lilith of old would not have apologized over seemingly hurting her opponent, nah, then she was far too solipsistic for that, or just unempathic--but this new one was, and she winced and cringed at the sound Potemkin made when his voice rose. The large hand grasps her legs, trying to yank her down and into the ground--but she is able to squirm her legs free! Damn those bat-tights! Making everything slippery and shit!

"W-Watch out!" she flails her wings, spinning them into a whirling circle of blades--the edge of them coming down against Potemkin again! Oh no!

[LACKEY]
The shockwave is strong enough to wake Lackey back up. "We're still fighting? Maybe, I should try to put him to sleep instead..." It was like trying to fight a truck with her bare hands. Speaking of her hands they suddenly glow purple and dirt starts to materialize in them. Once she has a full handful dirt she tosses at Potemkin in an attempt to at least slow him down a bit.

COMBATSYS: Lilith successfully hits Potemkin with Murder Go Round.

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         1/=======/=======|=======\==-----\1           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |====---\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Lackey successfully hits Potemkin with Sleeping Dust.

[              \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         1/=======/=======|=======\==-----\1           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////////              ]
                                  |=====--\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
"Ergh!" -- So this isn't good. Although he may -seem- invulnerable..he really, really, really isn't and sooner or later this is going to catch up to him. Between the paradoxical nature of the two combatants with one apologizing for her hurting him and the other fighting while occasionally..alseep? This is just downright insane.

Perhaps there is something in this premise after all. It could be enough to make someone scream in frustration after all.

But there is a job to be done here and Potemkin is not done yet. The assaults rage against his body which sustains them like a weathered fortress wall. Damage is visible on his gauntlets, uniform and body..but he simply turns his full attention towards Lackey now and away from the slippery Lilith in an attempt to adjust his tactics while it may yet make a difference.

"No need to apologize. I intend to return the favor after all!" he rumbles and then suddenly lunges forward at Lackey in a slight hop. His gigantic body pushing through the lingering remnants of the dirt - if that's even what it is - with his hands reaching out to grasp for her--

COMBATSYS: Lackey blocks Potemkin's Heavenly Potemkin Buster EX.

[                 \\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////                   ]
                                  |=======\=------\1           Lackey

[LILITH]
"Oh damn, sleepy demon girl, watch out!" Lilith is very alarmed by the giant heavenly buster that's coming down on her Scream-mate here, and is practically freaking out comically.

"Don't worry, I'll help you--" she rears one of her wing hands back, almost like a slingshot--before letting it fly back and snap towards Potemkin, trying to give him a big ol' smack! Well, of sorts!

[LACKEY]
Thankfully Lackey is tougher than she looks, but unthankfully she still gets hit by a ton of force. She's going to need a bit to recover here, but she still has ways of fighting on the ground. Her body is covered in purple energy once again and pile of sand appears on the floor next to her. The demoness begins to quickly sculpt it into a humanoid form. "Attack!" She points at Potemkin and the sand figure lurches towards him before swinging one of its massive fists at the fellow giant.

COMBATSYS: Potemkin just-defends Lilith's Swift Backhand!

[                \\\\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         0/-------/=======|=======\==-----\1           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////                  ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Lackey successfully hits Potemkin with Enter Sandman.

[                  \\\\\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         0/-------/----===|=======\==-----\1           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////                  ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
HIs grappling attempt blocked, Potemkin tips forward - nearly losing his balance only to straighten up just in time for Lilith's wing-hands to come swinging around towards him in a rush of movement. He turns, deliberately allowing the strike to slam into his titanic figure. His body wobbles. He barely blinks, weathering the assault without any signs of effects from the attack itself. His massive body huffs while snapping his attention back towards Lackey as the other giant forms from energy and sand.

"What is this.." He begins before swinging a fist out in an attempt to meet the fist of the other colossus. This proves..a sore mistake. The sand envelops him, pouring into his very spirit and draining away the reserves of chi and stamina that he had built up. A sudden weariness comes over the giant and he staggers before blinking in an attempt to recover his balance and stay upright.

"This is..." he grumbles, tryign to find the words to describe this strange contest and failing to. Instead he reaches out snatching his hands up for Lilith once more in an attempt to grab her and send her flyign towards Lackey in an attempt to give him a moment of respite.

COMBATSYS: Lilith dodges Potemkin's Dismissive Toss.

[                     \\\\\\\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         0/-------/=======|=======\===----\1           Lilith
                                  >  ////////////                  ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

[LILITH]
"Nooo! I don't want to get squished!" Lilith tried to zip out of the grasp of the giant as Potemkin barreled down on her--somehow able to slip through his fingers. "Whew... doing a real great job there, by the way! Sleepy demon lady!" she called to Lackey. Someday she will remember the other girl's name.

"C'mon, lets go, soul powerrr--" Lilith swooped down toward Potemkin, now wreathed in psi energy again--trying to split into two glowing copies of herself on either side of him and then unleash a flurry of blows!

[LACKEY]
"My name is Lackey..." Yeah, that doesn't really make things more clear than sleepy demon lady, but that really is her name. Of course keeping the sand giant going takes a lot of effort on her part so she decides to reshape it into stationary instead. It's reformed as a sand castle with a pair of cannons. Instead of sand being shot out of them however, are cannonballs. "That's a bit odd..." She isn't normally able to do that.

COMBATSYS: Lilith successfully hits Potemkin with Splendor Love.

[                          \\\\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         1/-----==/=======|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///////////                   ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Potemkin interrupts Sand Blaster from Lackey with Judge Gauntlet EX.

[                            \\  < >  //////////////////////        ]
Potemkin         0/-------/---====|==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///                           ]
                                  |=======\=------\1           Lackey

COMBATSYS: Potemkin can no longer fight.

                                  >  //////////////////////        ]
                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lilith
                                  >  ///                           ]
                                  |=======\=------\1           Lackey

[POTEMKIN]
The Zepp colossus twists at the waist, turning this way and that way in order to try and figure out just how to defend against this sudden supernatural assault from Lilith. Lilith who has proven to be slippery and impossible to pin down this entire match. He fails, utterly, to make the right call - if one even existed and his body is battered by her assault followed by a sweeping miss on his part as he attempts to bring his arm around once more to grasp hold of her.

Ultimately this ends up causing the giant to face in Lackeys direction just in time to see the sand castle form and he brings a huge arm up with a loud *KA-CHUNK* sound as his gauntlets lock and load.

The cannonballs are fired and Potemkin swings. His fists slam home into the projectiles, deflecting them and at the same time discharging a burst of force and erupting chi alongside his physical strength into the sand castle and beyond. THe ground tears up violently around the giant from the force of the blow and he skids backwards a few paces - holding himself upright despite the damages.

..It doesn't last long. A grunting groan rumbles out as his injuries catch up to him and he stumbles forward towards one knee and then falls forward, face first, onto the ground into a crater formed around the shape of his body.

[LACKEY]
Of course it's kind of a pyhrric victory for Lackey, sure her cannonballs managed to take out Potemkin but she gets into the slammed into the sand castle knocking the demoness out as well. Oh well, she can always sleep it off. Someone's going to have a huge mess to clean up, but it certainly isn't her.

COMBATSYS: Lackey can no longer fight.

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                                  |==-----\-------\0           Lilith

[LILITH]
"Whew... I think we done screamed him, err--Lackey, right? Lackey?" Lilith looks over at the cratar where Lackey perhaps might be, wincing and looking apologetic. Also they have seriously freaking ruined this entire part of the mall. That's not good...

"Errr... whoops," she looked like a teenager guilty of having wrecked her dad's car. Well, it wasn't her dad's, to be sure, but the place was seriously wrecked.

Log created on 18:57:44 10/05/2021 by Lilith, and last modified on 07:24:38 10/06/2021.